The Cambridge Companion Delacroix (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521650779)

The Cambridge Companion to Delacroix serves as an introduction to one of the most important and most complex artists of the nineteenth century. Providing an overview of his life and career, this volume offers essays by leading authorities on the artist's pictorial practice, the stylistic range over classicism and Romanticism, his writings, both private diary notations and published articles, and his impact on modern aesthetics, among other topics. Designed to serve as an essential resource for students of French nineteenth-century art history, cultural history, and literature, The Cambridge Companion to Delacroix also provides a chronology of the artist's life, set into its political and cultural contexts, as well as a list of suggested further reading in the topic areas.

Author: Beth S. Wright
ISBN-10: 0521650771
ISBN-13: 9780521650779
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/12/2001
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.72lbs
Size: 10.20h x 7.20w x 0.80d